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MACHINE FOR PRODUCING BUNDLES OF YARN OR THREAD.

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ISAAC H. SISSON, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE HUMP I-IAIRPIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLI- NOIS, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

MACHINE FOR PRODUCING BUNDLES OF YARN OR THREAD.

Application filed April 9, 1912, Serial No. 689,585.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Isaac H. SISSON, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Producing Bundles of Yarn or Thread, of which the fOllOWiIlg finished bundles can be delivered; to pro-.

vide clamping carriers for the machine adapted to successively receive the strands;

and to provide conveyer mechanism for conveying the carriers successively through a clamping field, a hinder or tying field, a shearing field, and a releasing field, actuating mechanism closing the carriers into clamping engagement with the strands, wire feed mechanism and die mechanism cooperating in the binder field to apply tie wires to the strands, shears operating in the shearing field 'to cut the strands intermediate the tie wires, and cam mechanism acting on the carriers to cause release therefrom of the finished bundles; to provide simple cam mechanism controlled and adjusted to efiect operation of the various fields at the desired time; and in general to provide a machine which will operate entirely automatically to receive the strands and to deliver the finished bundles. I i a In the accompanying drawings is illustrated a machine adapted to carry out the various features of my invention.

In these drawings Figure 1 is an elevational view showing I the general arrangement of the machine itself and the spool supporting rack for supplying the threads;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the machine looking from the right;

Fig. 3 is a plan View;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au "3, 1917.

Renewed November 12, 1914. Serial No. 871,815.

Fig. 4; is a side elevational view looking from the left;

Fig. 5 is a view looking from plane 55, Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic plan view showlooking from plane 99,

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken from plane 10 Fig. 10;

Fig. 11 is a front elevational view partly in section of the wire applying mechanism showing the position of the parts before the wire is cut;

Fig. 12 is a similar view showing the position of the parts after the wire is cut and bent;

Fig. 13 is a similar view showing the position of the parts to apply the bent wire about the strands;

Fig. 11 shows the same parts in position after having clamped the wire about the,

strands;

Fig. 15 is an elevational view of spool supporting mechanism showing a spool in place;

Fig. 16 shows the spool supporting parts in position to receive the spool;

Fig. 17 is a front elevational view of one of the clamping carriers;

Fig. 18 is a vertical transverse sectional view of one of the clamping carriersfshowing the clamping jaws closed.

Fig. 19 is a view like Fig. 18, showing the clamping jaws open. Fig. 20 is'a side elevation of the clamping carrler and a releasing abutment about to cooperate therewith; and Fig. 21 is a similar view showing release being accomplished.

In Fig. 1 the general purpose and layout of the machine is illustrated. The yarns or threads 3/ coming from a plurality of spools s converge through an eye 30, and after passing over a number of guide rollers 31, 31 are carried to the machine M, where 'they'are clamped to, conveyer mechanism to then travel through a clamping field, in

which metal bands are clamped about the strands, andthen through a cutting field in which the strands are cutintermedi-ate the bands, the products'P (Fig. 3), in the form of bundles of strands each secured together at the middle, being then unclamped and 33 and 34v is a right table section 35, and mounted on'the standards 33, 34 is the left table section35', the table sections be ing separated by a longitudinal gap 36 (Figs..3, 7, 8 and 9).- Supported on the table section 35'and extending a distance 7 into the gap 36 is arail plate 37, and on table section is a similar rail plate 37 On the base 32 and extendihg longitudinally thereof are L-shaped beams 38 and 38, from whose respective head's horizontal rail plates 39. and 39 extend toward each other and parallel with-the upper rail plates 37 and 37 andin vertical alinement therewith. At

' the rear end of the machine the 'rail plates 37, 39 and 37 39' are connected respectively by semi-circular plates 40 and 40', and atthe front of the machine these same plates are connected together by'semi-circula-r rail.

plates '41 and 41', the various semi-circular j plates being secured to the machine frame in any suitable inanner.- The inner edges v of the various horizontal and semi-circular Ml rail plates form a continuous track for a plurality of carrier members C all secured I to a belt orcontinuous band 42 supported by idlers 43 and 44, asbest shown in Fig.

v 5. These idlers rotate respectivelyon transverse shafts 45 and 46, the shaft 45 being.

journaled in bearing frames 47 and 47 extending forwardly from the standards 33- jacent the track for the clutch members (Figs. 5 and 10). Movable with the rack bar is a block'62 to which an L-shaped pawl '63 is pivoted at the end of its horizontal limb. The, block 62 carries a spring barrel 64 containing the compression spring 65 which forces a plunger 66 against the elbow of the pawl so that the pawl is normally raised; The upward movement of the pawl 51 whose crank pin 52 is pivoted to the rear end of 'connecting rod 53 whose front end terminates "in a gear rack 54 (Fig. 4). This is limited by engagement of the abutment lug 67 on, the pawlv with the spring barrel. Thus, as the shaft'57 and gear 59 are rotated alternately in opposite directions the rack 60 carrying the pawl isreciprocated back and forth. As will later be explained more in detail, the upper end of the pawl extends into the path of the'bases of the carrier C and has ratchet engagement therewith, so that as the pawl is bodily reciprocated back and forth, the upper leg of the conveyer belt or band 42 is stepped forwardly.

The construction of the 'carrier frames is clearly shown in Figs. 17 and 19. Each frame comprises side bars 68, 68 connected together by spaced apart transverse walls 69 and 70. The side bars have respectively the grooves 71 and 71 for receiving the opposed edges of the rail plates extendin into the gap 36 (Fig. 7) The under side 0 each carrier frame has a ratchet notch 72 with.

which the upper end e of the pawl 63 06- operates. Referring to Fig. 5, the pawl end e has just' traveledrearwardly across the base of a carrier and into the notch 72, and-as therack bar 60 is now moved forwardly the end I; will engage" against-the shoulder 7 2 of the notch and the conveyer band 42'wil1be given-a counter-clockwise advance. 'Wlien the rack 60 is nowmoved rearwardly the pawl end 6 glides over the rear end of the carrier'base against the force 7 of spring 65. and is then ready for coiipera- I tion with the ratchet notch of the next carmounted respectively on shelves48 and 48 rier. Upon. each forward travel of the rack bar the. conveyer belt is advanced a distance equal to the distance between successive carriers.

' carrier frame journal horizontal shafts 73 Band 74 for supporting clamping arms 75 gear" rack' is reciprocable in the sleeve 55 forming part of a housing 56 journaled on the transverse shaft 57 with which the rack 54 meshes, sothat upon rotation of shaft 46 the gear rack 54 will be .reciprocated back.

and forth and the shaft 57 rotated alternately in opposite directions. At the mner end of the shaft 517 is secured a gear 59 which meshes with the rack baf 60 which is and 76 respectively having fingers .75 and 76v adapted to interlock. "The hubs of the arms "have gear teeth 77 and 77' thereon zwhich intermesh so that actuation of one arm will result in movement of the other, a spring 78 tending to keep the armsapart lIl the position shown'in Fig. 19, so that the strands y may enter-between the arms and the-grooves g and g in theqfingers of the arms. 'When the arms are closed the grooves will overlap, as shown in Figs. 17 and 18,

and the strands will be compressed together.

Connecting the left ends of the walls 69 and 70 of each carrier is a plate 79 having the opening 80 receiving the outer end of a latch bar 81 pivoted at its inner end to the clamping arm 75. A stem 82 pivots in the plate 79 below and to one side of the slot 80,

"clamping arms in closed position (Fig.

The outer end of the pin 82 carries a tripping lever 84, a spring 85 connecting between this lever and the plate tending to hold the lever in normal position withthe latch pin in engagement with the latch shoulder. To cause opening of the clamping j aws of each carrier and thereby delivery of the products from the front of the machine a cam block 86 is secured to the front of the semi-circular track plate 41 adjacent the path of the carriers. Looking at Fig. 1, the carrier conveyer band travels in clockwise direction, and as the trip lever 8 1 of each carrier wipes over the cam block 86 the latch pin is withdrawn from'the latch shoulder and the latch bar released, so that.the spring 78 will throw the clamping arms'apart to allow the finished product to fall therefrom (see Figs. 19 and 21). The carriers open when they reach the rear of the machine to receive the strands and ready-to be locked about the strands.

The mechanismfor closing the jaws about the strands is clearly shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 7. At the rear end of tablesection 35 a guide block 87 is secured, in which a bar 88 is adapted to slide in-a direction at right angles to'the path of the carriers. The bar secures at its inner end a plate 89 at such a level as to engage with the clamping arms 76 of the carriers C as the carriers come to rest in front of the plate. The bar '88 is moved inwardly when each carrier comes into proper position, and the arm 76 is engaged by the plate and swung inwardly to closed position, the gear teeth on the arms then causing simultaneous closure of the arm 75, and the strands are clamped. Upon closure of the arms the latch bar81 is drawn inwardly, so that the latch pin 83 may swing in front of the latch shoulder 81', and the arms are then locked and are not released until the trip levers engage with the cam block 86 at the front of the machine. Reciprocation of theblock 88 is controlled by mechanism which will be described later.

As best shown in Fig. 7, an abutment bracket 90 is secured to the table'section 35 opposite the block 88 for receiving the carrier and preventing tilting thereo during engage ment of the plate 89 therewith.

horizontal arm of the link.

While the strands are thus securely clamped together binder mechanism becomes effective for tying or binding the strands together at intervals. I At an intermediate part of the table section 35 a frame 91 extends transversely from the outer edge of the table section to the inner edge thereof adjacent the traveling conveyer band, and from the inner 95 of this link is anabutment screw 96 whose rear end is adapted to be clamped between ears 97 extending downwardly from a i The inner end of this abutment screw has pivoted thereto a vertically extending abutment plate 98 which is adapted to clamp the wire against the abutment 94:or to release the wire. Extending from the block 93 above the link 95 is a lug 99 carrying an adjustable abutment screw 100, against which the horizontal arm of the link abuts. For actuating the link and the slide block 93 to control the feedingof wire a rock lever 101 is provided and is pivoted at an intermediate point to the standard 102, the inner end having slot and pin pivotal connection with the link 95 and the outer end having adjustable connection with the connecting rod 103 which is con nected with suitable actuating cam mecha-p nism which will be described later. In Fig.

10 wire has just been fed downwardly, and the lever 101 has just completedits clockwise movement. As the lever now rotates in counterclockwise direction the link 95 will first be rotated in clockwise direction to cause the wire to be securely clamped between the plate 98 and abutment 9 1, and then the block 93 is carried downwardly so that the clamped wire is fed into a forming field to be described later. "When the lever 101 moves in clockwise direction the link 95 is first rotated to withdraw the abutment plate 98 from the wire,fand as soon as the link strikes the abutment screw 100 the block 93 will be carried to its upward position indicated in Fig. 10. In order to lock the wire after feeding thereof a detent pawl 104 is pivoted to the standard 92 and is heldby spring 105 against the wire to lock the wire against upward movement but to allow (oming now to the mechanism for controlling the binding of tie wires about the I strands, the transverse frame 91 has slidable therein a block 106 and within said block a bar 107 is slidable. The rear end of block 106 is connected with an actuating arm 108 7 controlled by cam mechanism to be later defront end a vertical wire receiving groove 113 (Fig; 12). When the block is in itsoutermost position, as shown in Fig. '11, this groove will .register with the axial bore of the shearing member 114. screw threaded through the top wall of frame 91. Immediately upon inward movement of the block 106 its upper edge coiiperates with the shearing member 114 to cut the wire. As best shownin Figs. 10" and 11, a forming mandrel 115 is slidable transversely across the path of the block 106, this mandrel being an extension on a cylindricalplunger 116 engaging in the pocket 117 formed at the base of theflstandard92, a spring 118 tending'to throw the plunger forwardly to carry the mandrel end 115 in front of the'block 106. After the block 106 continues inwardly after cutting of the wire the small section of wire in frontof the block 106 is carried about the mandrel 115, as indicated in Fig. 12, and then upon further inward movement of the block 106 the beveled face 119 of the mandrel end is engaged by the side of block 107 and the mandrel is thus forced out of the path of the block. During all thistime the bar 107 has been actuated to travel with the block 106, but after the'inner end of the block 106 reaches the vertical plane I of the traveling strands it remains at rest for an interval, and during this interval the bar 107 continues its inward movement.

However, when the block 106 has reached its innermostposition it'will have been met by the abutment head 120 carried at the end of a block 121 slidable transversely across the table section 35 on guide frame 122.

This'abutment head carries a die block 123,

I which receives the ends of the bent wire" section, as shown inFig. 13. The block 106 and abutment "head 120 now rest for a period, and during this interval the bar 107 completes its inward movement to co operate with the die block 123 to wrap the wire about the strands '(Fig. 14). There-f after the parts return to position indicated in Fig. 11. In order to assure perfect, co-

operation of the tying mechanism par-ts the head. 120 is provided with guide wings 124 for receiving the inner end of block 106,

and block 106 has guide wings 125 for engaging at the outer sides of guide wings 124.

Thus at regular intervals a tie wire is secured and wrapped about the strands.

The cutting mechanism for cutting the' strands midway between the tie wires is an Referringparticularly to Figs. 3 and 8, a frame 126 extending transversely across the table section 35 supports the slidable carriage 127 havingat its front end the ears ranged at the front end .of the machine.

128 journaling a shaft 129 to whichare 1 pivoted the shear levers 130 and 131. The front ends of these levers'have suitable cutting blades 132, and the rear ends of the levers are pivoted by togglelinks 133 and 134 whose inner ends pivot to the toggle head 135 at the inner end of a threaded rod 136. The rod 136 has slidable engagement through the upper end of a cam controlled actuating lever 137, such relative movement being controlled by adjustable abutment nuts 138, 139 on the rod. A connecting rod 140 is pivoted to the plate 127 at its inner end,

and at its'outer end is pivoted to a cam controlled actuating lever 141. The plate 127 is normallyv at the outer end of its ide frame 126, so that the cutting ends 0 the shears are out of engagement with the strands. At the proper time the lever 141 is actuated to cause plate 127 to be moved'inwardly to carry the open ends of the shears-about the strands, and then when the lever 137 isactuated to cooperate with abutment screw 139 the toggle';links are pulled "outwardly and the shearing'edges brought together and the strands severed. The actual cutting of the strandstakes place-during the time 'when the .strands are at rest and the tie wires are being applied thereto. In order to lock the conveyer band 42 during the tying and cutting-period a detent pawl 142 is. pivoted adjacent 'the path of the carriers C and is controlled by spring 143 to-engage the rear.-

ends of the successive carriers to prevent backward movement of the band 42. Tn

order to lock the band against forward movement during the rest perioda locking bar 144, slidable in frame 145 of'table sec carriers. L.

-C0ming now to the cam'mechanisms f0 controlling and timing the operations of the various mechanisms above described, Fig. 6 diagrammatically illustrates the lay-out of these cams. The shaftj46 which carries the conveyer belt-idler 44 has at its right end the gear wheel 146 which meshes with a driving tion 35, is moved in advance of one of the i pinion 147 on a" shaft 148 which carries a belt wheel'l4-9 which may be connected with v any driving source and which may-have a handle 150 to enable the machine to be op erated manually. Journaled in suitable bearings on the standards 33 and 34 is a shaft and journaled in bearings-on the standards 33 and .34 is a shaft 151. g The rear ends of the shafts 150, 151 carry bevel .gears 152 and 153 meshing respectively with 162 in one of its faces for receiving the cam roller 163 at the lower end of lever 164 pivoted at an intermediate point tothe bracket 165, the upper end of this lever having pivotal engagement with the end of block 121 carrying the head 120 which coiiperates withthe binder mechanism. Another cam disk 166 on shaft 151 has the. c'am groove 167 for receiving the roller 168 on lever 169 whose upper end has pivotal engagement with the stop plate 144. The, cam disk 167 on shaft 150 has the cam groove 168 for receiving the cam roller 169 at the lower end of the lever structure 170 piv-' oted at an intermediate point to the lower end of bracket 170, the upper end of this lever, as before mentioned, being connected with the bar 107 sliding within block 106. The cam disk 171 has the cam groove 172 for receiving the roller 173 at the inner end of the lever 174 which is pivoted at the upper end of the standard 175, the rod 103 connecting together the outer end of this lever and the lever 101 which controls the wire feeding mechanism. Cam disk 176 has. a suitable slot for receiving the cam'roller 177 at the lower end of lever structure. 108 piv'.

oted at the lower end of bracket170, the

upper end 'of this lever structure being i connected with the block 106 for controlling the forming and application of the tie wires. Cam disk 178 has a groove 179 for receiving the cam roller 180 at the lower end of lever 181 secured to a' shaft 182 which also supports the lever'141 which controls the operation of the shear mechanism supporting slide plate 127. The cam disk 184 has a slot 185 receiving cam roller 186'atthe lower end of lever structure 137, the upper end of this lever structure controlling the opening and closure of the shearing jaws.

Thev'arious cam disks are all driven at the same speed, and it is of course obvious that the cam grooves therein can be of such shape cut into lengths. In Fig. 15, Ihave shown the arrangement for supporting the yarn or' thread spools. Referring to Fig. 1, the supporting rack for the spools 'has cross bars 200 and on these cross bars sleeves 201 are clamped as illustrated in Figs. 15 and 16. An upstanding lug 202 on each of these sleeves has pivoted thereto a spool supporting spindle 203,- and a downward extending lug 204 on the sleeve has pivoted thereto a pivoted clip 205 pressed downwardly by a spring 206. The various sleeves are "one above the other and the spindle of one sleeve is of a length to engage at its upper end with the clip 205 of the sleeve above,-

then being applied and the spindle is swung upwardly into engagement with the clip on the upper sleeve. A stop extension 207 on each spindle abuts against its supporting I sleeve and thus limits the swinging thereof.

I thus provide a simple and efficient ma chine for receiving. strands or threads of material and which will automatically firmly'clamp the strands together and will vapplyjtie wires thereto at regular intervals and will cut the strands intermediate the tie wires so the machine will deliver bundles "of strands to be used in any manner, as for example in the manner shown in my Patent No. 940,801 already referred to. I do not of course desire to be limited to the precise construction, arrangement,'and

operation shown and described, as changes and modifications might be made wh1ch Wlll, comewithin thescope of my invention. I

therefore claim the following:

L. In a machine of the character described, the combination of clampin 7 carriers traveling bodily. and successive y receiving and carrying strands of material,

means for tying said strands together at intervals, and means for cutting said strands into bundles.

, 2. In a machine of the character de-= scribed, the combination of carrier members,

conveyer mechanism for said carrier mem-. bers, clamping jaws on each carrier memher for receiving strands of material, connecting mechanism for ;co6perating with said carrier clamping jaws to close said jaws securely about the strands, mechanism disposed adjacent the path of said carriers and adapted to apply metallic tie bands about the strands, shearing mechanism operable to out said strands intermediate said bands, andme'ans for coiiperating with said carriers to efiect release'of the strand bundles therefrom.

, 3. In a machine of the character de-' scribed, the. combination of carrier mem bers for receiving strands of material, a conveyer for supporting saidcarriers, means for'causing step by step movement of said conveyer, actuating means adjacent the path of said carriers to cause clamping of said strands by the carriers into intimate parallel relationship, die members disposed adjacent the path of said carriers andstrands carried thereby, means for feeding wire to one of said die members, means for.

open toreceive parallel strands of materia I an actuating bar adapted to cooperate with said carriers to efl ect clamping of the jaw membersthereof about the strands, tying mechanism adapted to apply tie wires tosaid strands intimately together at intervals, shearing mechanism adapted to cut 7 said strands intermediate. the tie. -wires whereby the strands are separated into bundles, means for releasing the bundles from the carrier member, and cam mechanisms I for controlling the operations of said clamping jaw actuating mechanism, said tying mechanism, said shearing mechanism, and said'rele'asing mechanism, j

5.] In machinery of the class described, means for arranging continuous strandsof material in intimaterelation, clamping 'members for successively receiving sald strands, conveyer mechanlsm on whlch said clamping members are supported, means for intermittently moving said conveyer mechanism, means operable durmg a per1od of rest of said conveyer mechanism to apply tie wires about said strands whereby said strands are securely clamped together at intervals, and means operable during eriods of rest of said conveyer mechanism or cutting said strandsintermediate the tied sections thereof whereby said continuous strandsare. separated into bundles tied intermediate their ends.

6. In a machine of the character ,described, the combination of conveyer mechanism, a plurality of carriers mounted on said conveyer mechanism, each carrier memher having clamping jaws which are nor-' mally open to receive the parallel strands of material, an actuating bar automatically controlled to close the jaws of each carrier memher after reception of the strands thereby, tie mechanism adapted to apply tie wires to the strands intermediate the clamping members, and cutting mechanism operable to cut the strands intermediate-the wires whereby the continuous strands are converted into bundles of strands tied intermediate their ends.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination of two idlers, an endless band on said idlers, carriers on said band, each carrier having clamping jaws for receiving strands of material, means for closing the jaws of each carrier as the strands are received thereby, means disposed in the path of said carriers for applying tie wires thereto to securely clamp the strands together at intervals, shearing mechanism disposed adjacent the path of the carriers for cutting said strands intermediate the carriers, cam mechanisms for controlling saidclamping jaw actuating mechanism, said tie wire applying mechanism, and said shearing mechanism, and a common driving means for said conveyer belt and said cam mechanisms.

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination of two table sec tions separated by a gap, a conveyer band adapted to travel through said gap parallelly therewith, carriers mounted on 'said conveyer band, each carrier having clamp.- ing jaws normally open to receive strands of material, means mounted on said table adjacent the path of said carriers for closing said jaw members after reception thereby of the strands, cooperating die mechanisms at opposite sides of said carrier path adapted to apply tie wires to said strands, and shearing mechanism mounted adjacent said carrier path for cutting said strands intermediate the tie wires.

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a table having a."

longitudinal slot, transverse shafts at the ends of said table each mounting an idler,

' an endless band mounted on. said idlers and having one leg traveling longitudinally through said slot, a plurality of clamping members mounted on said band and adapted to receive and to clamp strands of material, a frame mounted transversely on said table adjacent said slot, a block slidable in said frame and having a forming end, means for feeding wire into said frame in advance of said block, a mandrel in'sai'd frame for cooperating with the forming end'of said,

block to bend wire lengths, a die plate slidable within said block, a die head on said table, the strands of material passing between said block and head, and said block and die plate cooperating with said head to securely clamp the'wire length about said strands, means for cutting said strands intermediate said tie wires thereon, and a common driving means for said shafts and said tie Wire applying mechanism.

10. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a table having a longitudinal slot, transverse shafts at the ends of said table each mounting an idler, an endless band mounted on said idlers and having one leg traveling longitudinally through said slot, a plurality of clamping members mounted on said band and adapted to receive and to clamp strands of material,

a frame mounted transversely on said table adjacent said slot, a block slidable in said frame and having a forming end, means for feeding wire into said frame in advance of said block, a mandrel in said frame for cooperating with the forming end of said block to bend 'wire lengths, a die plate slidable within said block, a die headon said table,

the strands of material passing between said block and head, and said block and die plate cooperating with said head td securely clamp the wire length about said strands, means 2 for cutting said strands intermediate said tie wires thereon, a counter shaft eared to one of said idler shafts, cam mem ers mounted on said counter shaft, and camlevers connecting between said cam members and said block'and cam plate of the wire applying mechanism.

11. In a machine of the character de-' scribed, the combination of tie Wire applymg' die mechanism, shearing =mechan1sm,

carriers for receiving strands of material,

andmeans for bodily movin the carriers successively into the fields 0 operation of said wire'applying mechanism and shearing mechanism, whereby tie wires are applied at intervals about said strands and said strands cut intermediate said carriers to 7 form bundles.

12. In a device of the character described, the .combination with a main frame, of an endless traveling conveyer mounted thereon,

- a series of clamping members carried by the conveyer for receiving and assembling a plurality of strands of material mto a cord, mechanism for cutting the cord into predei termined lengths during a dwell in the movement of the conveyer, mechanism for automatically binding the strands of each length together prior to the severing of the same, and mechanism for intermittently driving said conveyer.

13. In a device of thecharacter described, the combination with an endless traveling conveyer mounted thereon, a series of spaced apart clamping members carried by the conveyer and, adapted to receive a pluralit of withdrawn, mechanism for automatically actuating the clamping members, means for applying tying members to the strands While secured within the clamping members and means for severing the strands on either side of the tying members to form bundles of predetermined lengths, and means for actuating said various mechanisms in properly timed relation.

14:. In a machine .of the character described, the combination with a main frame, of a conveyer traveling thereon, a series of spaced apart clamping members carried by said conveyer and adapted to receive and hold a plurality of strands of flexible material and automatically withdraw the latter from suitable rolls of stock, means for supporting said rolls of stock, means for applying tie-bands to said strands and for severing said strands on either side of said tiebands, and means for releasing the severed lengths fromthe clamping members, all of said parts being automatically and synchronously operated.

15. In a device of the character described, the combination with a main frame, of a conveyer traveling thereon, a series of carriers moving with said conveyer and adapted to receive and hold a plurality of strands of material, mechanism for applying the tying members to the strands to form a cord or rope, and. mechanism for severing said cord or rope into predetermined lengths on either side of each tying member to form bundles, said parts being operated automatically and synchronously.

16. In a device of the character described, the combination with means for supporting a plurality of rolls of stock containing strands of flexible material, bodily traveling clamping members for successively clamping and withdrawing a plurality of strands from said rolls of stock and uniting the same to form a cord, mechanism for applying a;

plurality of tying members to said cord; and mechanism for severing said cord on either side of each tying member whereby said cord is cut into bundles to predetermined length.

1 7. In a device of the character d seribed, the combination wlth a main frame, of carrier members, conveyer mechanism for said carrier members, clamping jaws on each carrier member for receiving strands of material, mechanism for cooperating with said carrier clamping jaws to close the latter securely about the strands, mechanism disposed adjacent the path of said carriers and adapted to apply tying members about the strands during a dwell in the movement .of

the conveyer, shearing mechanism for cutting said strands intermediate the tying members, means for cooperating with said carrier members to effect the release of the strand bundles therefrom, said parts being operated automatically and synchronously.

18. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a main frame,

of carriers for receiving a plurality of strands of material, acon'veyer for supporting said carriers, means for causing step by step movement of said conveyer, actuating means adjacent the path of said carriers to cause clamping of said strands, die members disposed adjacent the path of said carriers, means for feeding wire to one of said die members, means for actuating said die members to apply tie wlres around sald strands, shearing mechanism for cutting said strands intermediate the tie wires whereby the tied strands aresevered into bundles of predetermined lengths, and means 'for releasing the bundles from the carrier, said parts being 19. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a main frame, ofcarrier members, clamping jaws for each carrier member, a conveyer to' which said termittently actuating said conveyer, said clamping jaws being normally open' to recelve a plurality .of strands of flexible, material, means for automatically closing said 1 jaws to clamp the strands, tying mechanism for applying'tying bands to said strands,

shearing mechanism for cutting said strands whereby the strands are severed into bands, and means for releasing the bundles from the carriers, said parts being automatically and synchronously operated. 4

20. In a device of the character described, the co'mbmatmn with amain frame, means for supporting a plurality of rolls of stock, said rolls comprising strands of flexible material, a series of travelingclampingfmem- 'bers upon saidv main frame, for automatioperated synchronously and auv tomatically; v

cally withdrawing a plurality of strands from said rolls, means for applying tension to the strands as they are withdrawn from the rolls, said clamping members holding the strands in substantial parallelism,mechanism for severing said strands while so held .I'

into predetermined lengths, and-means for opening and closing said clamping jaws at predetermined intervals in their travel, said properly timed 'reparts being operated in lation.

21. In a device of the character described,

the combination! with a mainframe, of 4 means for supporting a plurality of rollsof stock, said rolls comprising strands of flexible material, an endless traveling conveyer upon said frame, a series of clamping jaws moving'with the conveyer and adapted towithdraw a plurality of strands of material from the rolls of stock and hold them in substantial parallelism, and means for applying a plurality of tie-bands to said strands at predetermined points on the latter, said,

parts being operatedin properlyitimed rei lation'. carrler members are secured, means for 1n- 22. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mam frame, of a conveyer traveling thereon, carriers adapted 'PETER G. CANNoN, v

P. LEO CANDNON. 

